EL AL Will Fly 14x Weekly From Tel Aviv To Dubai

I think capacity sounds right for normal times considering how much capacity exists to places like Istanbul consisting of mostly connecting traffic. Dubai will have even more connecting traffic as the connections are better, but will also be a leisure and business destination.

The problem I see is that right now nobody can get into Israel without a long quarantine, and I don't think non-citizens can enter at all. I don't see any indications of that changing any time soon (though certainly hope I'm wrong).

Thanks for sharing but i have a doubt which is that the rates are too high as compare other companies

The 787s don’t have an anti-missile system? Does anyone else find that concerning?

Will other El All (non-Dubai) flights be allowed to use Saudi airspace as well?

Anyone else think that this is a foolish strategy by El Al? Trying to flood the market with capacity to Dubai. If El Al is successful, no doubt Emirates will just rush in and make it impossible for El Al to return a profit by adding huge capacity, not to mention the added advantages of flying Emirates to Dubai for Emirates connections.

There is a reason why Turkish flies 8-9 daily flights to TLV and yet El Al can't even get 1 commercial flight. Exact thing will happen here.

@ Gregg and Ben,

It is not concerning, simply because it is not true. I have no idea where or how this rumor has started. The parties involved (El Al, chiefly) have not issued a denial, simply because they condider that these topics are best not discussed on travel blogs or in general interest media. This is Security stuff, the least mentioned, the best.

It should be obvious to all.

Wait...El Al planes (some of them) have "anti-missile" systems on board? And they don't put diplomats on any of the planes without the anti-missile systems because...?

Hmmm.

Don't think I'll be in a big hurry to fly on planes that diplomats choose not to fly on because...what could possibly go wrong?

@Micah, El Al's absence from Turkey is for another reason - Turkey refuses to allow Israeli security to operate.
As a result, no Israeli airlines operate flights to Turkey.
It seems that the UAE is ok with Israeli security.

If not for this, El Al could certainly get a cut of the Turkish market, though perhaps not a big one. And if can take a cut of the UAE market, though 14/week is indeed a lot.

Have a look at what happened in the Coronavirus in TLV-ATH flights. So many flights and fully booked. Israeli's love to travel, so I think ELAL learned from that and trying to make it up now.
BUT, I do think that eventually, after the vaccine, it won't fly as many flights there, and most of it will be for connections.
As for @abrar, I looked it up and quite funny but it has one of the cheapest fares, starting at 269$ roundtrip, while flyDubai is starting at 380$.
And as for @Micah, Istanbul is the biggest connection city for Israelis, most of the flights are for a connection and not to stay in the city, so demand is not as high, and taking into consideration the security reasons, and that Turkish has so many flights because of layovers. ELAL did operate some in the past.

@ Sandy:

You have NOTHING to worry about. El Al's security does not depend on the type of aircraft flown or on any specific metal. Period.

Looks like there is so much hype going on with so many flights planned between the two countries, but it'll be great if the route could really boost.

Now that Saudi airspace is open to El Al, wonder if they could also allow their existing TLV-Asia routes to fly over the same territory as that will significantly reduce the flight time.

A great legacy of the current Administration of course, thanks for mentioning that